rosariomanzo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Fifth day without cigarettes. €4,30 x 5 = € 21,50 spared. Two days more and I'll have a "free" Orbx scenery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Good one mate, good luck with your quest. What a great incentive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks Graeme, I hope to be constant and achieve the goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Good on you Rozario. Life is too precious. We attended our sis in-laws funeral the other week, 48yo with a 12yo daughter. Heavy smoker, got lung cancer 4 months ago. Hope that helps you in your quest. If it gets hard, use your other addiction- flightsim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Well done my friend and Good Luck to you. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I applaud you my friend . I watched my father die of lung cancer and that was something I hope no family member Has to go through . John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Rozario, It has been almost 40 years for me. I was a very heavy smoker when I finally decided to stop "cold turkey". Boy did I enjoy that last cigarette. My advice is know the triggers for you that make you want to smoke and recognize them as they come up. Mine were things like a cup of coffee, or after a meal etc. Know they are coming and make your mind up to defeat each event, one at a time. Go day by day. It probably took me seven years to be completely free of the urges but it was so worth it. The urges will get weaker over time and less frequent. I have not had one smoke since that last one. You will not regret it. But remember, you must really want to defeat this and if you approach it one event at a time it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Good for you my friend , and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks for the kind words everybody, it's really important to me. My advice is know the triggers for you that make you want to smoke and recognize them as they come up. Rick, I sadly have many triggers, you know we have a great coffee here in Italy I work away from home from monday to friday, drive about two hours each "leg", I stay alone in a little house when I'm not at the office. It will be hard, but I'll follow your advice and hope to get free of those urges soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracon Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Good luck sir. Keep those incentives alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Best of luck to you on this quest! Like Rick, I had to quit cold turkey many years ago. As far as triggers, they were everywhere. After meals, coffee, waking up, whatever. I couldn't stop doing the things I loved, just had to decide each day not to smoke that day. Eventually, they added up to 23 years free of them. You can do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinamuab Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Giving up the smokes was the best thing I ever did. Hang on in there, it will be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thank you guys, really appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Good on you, mate! Here's wishing you strength and willpower to keep off the ciggies! The trick with the cost against an airport is a nice one, though... If that doesn't give an incentive, what will? Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Meson Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 You will never regret it, well done, from now on a healthier life and lots on money to give Orbx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I gave up the smokes on new year's eve on the turn of the century and haven't looked back. First thing that I noticed was I could smell flowers and things again and then I seemed to always have a dollar or two in the pocket. Best thing I ever did was give up. Good luck with your quest. It is well worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm with you guys. It's 30 years since my last puff, but thirty years of better health. No matter what anyone says, the terror of lung cancer or emphysema is something worth avoiding at all cost. Good luck, mate. Be strong. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill ho Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 hi.should you get the urge to smoke let us know.talk about it.i'm a smoker and wish i'd never started.i believe tobacco should be banned from importation.imho...cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qantas747 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Well done mate. Wish you the best of luck with your mission! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky76 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Lost my dad at 56 to smoking. I haven't smoked since his passing in 2006. What helped me was lots of water! Every time I got a craving, I had a glass of water. Sunflower seeds really help when working in my shop. Every day I transfer 7$ into my savings instead of buying a pack butts. In doing so, I have managed to save aprox. 11, 000 dollars. Not to mention the health and extra time on earth to sim!! Lol Best of luck to you. And remembr, its all in your head! Wink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Again, thank you guys. I managed to resist one day more, I hope I'll do the same today (and tomorrow, and forever). Oh, and an Orbx scenery package is coming for me on friday thanks to the spared coins, which one should I choose to celebrate? I was thinking of Ketchican! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domenic Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 You will have all the ORBX catalog within just a few months at this rate. Well done Rosario!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's a great way to motivate yourself! Hmm, I wonder if I can justify an entire Orbx catalog purchase on the basis of all the $$ I've saved over the years from not smoking? Actually, since I rarely drink and have never taken some very expensive recreational drugs, I should be able to justify a real aircraft! If you make it to a month, I'll get whatever addon you buy this week myself, to help celebrate So choose carefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Rosario, Not a bad idea for daily motivation indeed. To back it up make the commitment to yourself that any regression means that you forfeit the accrued savings since the last purchase of an ORBX product and have to start over again for the next reward. In my experience the more self motivation you can have to beat each urge for a smoke the more likely the self discipline will win out. Be prepared for the fact that it will also take you some time before you really begin to realize the physical benefits for your lungs and heart, They will take time to be purged of the effects of smoking. As mention in the thread, things will soon begin to taste better, sense of smell becomes more acute and best of all your clothes will stop smelling of smoke! Good luck. Stay with it and don't hesitate to come back for support and encouragement. As you can see there is lots of support here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good luck. Stay with it and don't hesitate to come back for support and encouragement. As you can see there is lots of support here! Rick, thank you, I appreciate every single word of your post. And thank you all for the great support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good luck Rosario, not an easy task, but I like the way you've given yourself an incentive with the Orbx sceneries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom C Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 just under a year and a half for me, also cold turkey. I fully believe there's no point even trying unless you know it's right for you and you want to. Plenty of friends have tried the usual lent, and new year promise and all but 4 or 5 managed more than a week. Congrats on your effort, give it a month or 2 and you'll never look back. As has been said though, be aware of your most common time of smoke n try have something else lined up. Keep it up, you will enjoy those ORBX sceneries longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Dog Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good work! The only smoke you want to blow now is a jet starter cartridge or engine smoke from your favourite aeroplane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good luck friend we all believe in you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Let's start another day without cigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'dd add my 2 cents worth of encouragement aswell, nothing we depend on these days is easy to do without, takes considerable effort, good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyhalf Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Best of luck. It's 100% mental. It's all in the brain. Smoking is brainwash. Defeat the brainwash and you win. I stopped 5 years ago after 15 years smoking. It turned out to be the EASIEST thing I have ever done in my life. PS I suppose you have read the Alan Carr book" ? If not - read it. It will open your eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 It turned out to be the EASIEST thing I have ever done in my life. I don't know if it will be so easy, at the moment it isn't! Sometimes I would like to take another cig, just to find out that it is not that good. But I do not want to waste the little goal achieved as of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hang in there! It's well worth it. Especially for OrbX scenory! Seriously it is rough, but it gets easier with time. I quit in '98. My friends were buying nicotine patches for me; so they could live with me, I was so grouchy. Now, I'm a much nicer bear, without the sore butt... LOL Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How's it going Rosario? take a deap breath of fresh Italian winter air, treat yourself to a quality Italian Espresso and give yourself a pat on the back! You've already come this far, in fact you've already got two MORE Orbx add ons! Keep it going mate - power to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Rosari, It isn't easy. Defeat one urge at a time. It will eventually get easier and you will hit the point where it is something you don't even have to think about. But that is some distance in your future. You can do it! Keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 keep it up man good going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Stick with it, 30 years for me, tough when I did it but think how much money I have saved for some of lifes other pleasures that won't kill you. Don't give in. Cheers, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Rock on mate!!!! I've been off them for a year. Hard at first mate but wow how good does it feel down the track? BLOODY UNREAL!! Keep it up - you can do it. Jas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thank you fellas for the incredible support you are giving. In a few hours I'll be back home again after a week of work and no cigs. Time to pull out my credit card for an auto-reward, you'll see some screenies from Ketchican in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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